A MiG-15 to Freedom: Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 1953On September 21, 1953, U.S. airmen at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, Korea, were startled to see landing a MiG-15, the most advanced Soviet-built fighter plane of the era, piloted by Senior Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a 21-year-old North Korean Air Force officer.Once he landed, Lieutenant No found that his mother had escaped to the South two years earlier, and they were soon reunited. At his request, No came to the United States and became a U.S. citizen. His story provides a unique insight into how North Korea conducted the Korean War and how he came to the decision to leave his homeland. |
Contents
Crossing the Line | 7 |
Growing Up Under the Japanese | 18 |
Maturing Under the Communists | 32 |
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Sabres Over MiG Alley: The F-86 and the Battle for Air Superiority in Korea Kenneth P. Werrell No preview available - 2005 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | A MiG-15 to Freedom: Memoir of the Wartime North Korean Defector who First Delivered the Secret Fighter Jet to the Americans in 1953 |
| Authors | Kum-Sok No, J. Roger Osterholm |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | McFarland & Company, 1996 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0786402105, 9780786402106 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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